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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Macaroons, Barquettes and Sarah Bernharts

I had to run some errands after class today and by the time I got home after being out on such a warm/humid day, the petits fours we made were beginning to look less attractive than they were. So here's a picture of the platter we made in class. From today's class, we made macaroons, barquettes filled with passion fruit curd and Sarah Bernharts (those chocolate cone shaped petits fours). My favorite of the day are the barquettes. The passion fruit curd is nicely tangy, good complement to the sweet tart base.

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From the Cubicle Jungle to the Sweet Kitchen

I've wanted to attend pastry school for a long time. With an undergraduate degree in finance and a graduate degree in accounting, culinary school just isn't a "natural" progression for my career in corporate finance. Pastry school remained just a dream. When I found out that my job was coming to an end I revisited the idea of pastry school.

On May 5th I finally took the plunge. I signed up to attend the 6-month professional pastry program at the French Culinary Institute. I was thrilled!

Thanks to all my friends and family who patiently listened to my endless "think out loud" sessions as I try to rationalize my decision up to this point.... so... Sweet Kitchen, here I come!